Peter Sagan

I'd flown across the Atlantic Ocean for a weeklong cycling trip on this Spanish archipelago off the coast of Morocco. The crisis part came as I watched a Trek Travel guide hoist my Domane road bike onto the roof rack of the support van, and I sheepishly crawled into the passenger seat while the other cyclists on the trip pedaled up the hill and out of sight.

"We'll just give you a bump to the next rest stop," the guide said with an extra dose of enthusiasm to offset my palpable disappointment.

Let me back up: I love to bike. I also love to travel. My favorite kind of vacation is ... drumroll ... a cycling trip. Over...

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